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SPAM
Posted: 13 May 2006, 04:23
by simbetuhkl2
EDIT: removed SPAM.
Re: Good time of day
Posted: 13 May 2006, 08:29
by Mem
simbetuhkl2 wrote:N.B.! This topik was approved by admin, please don't answer and don't delete it, untill admin will do it himself.
ROFL 
Altap, what about disabling posting from guests and confirm user registrations manually? This spam really sucks. Anonymous/guest users can just read forum and eventually send bug reports by e-mail if they don't want to register.
Posted: 13 May 2006, 15:51
by zarevak
I don't like the idea to disable postings from quests - this forum is support forum for great program. User shouldn't need to register, if they want to ask just one question.
On some sites, there is "Report spam" button on the forums - maybe, if enough registered users or "trusted" users press this button, the post can be hidden until Altap decides, it's spam or not. But I'm not sure, if there is similar functionality for phpBB forum...
Posted: 13 May 2006, 17:40
by omega
Or maybe blocking those ip
Posted: 13 May 2006, 17:58
by Mem
omega wrote:Or maybe blocking those ip
OK, stop kidding about blocking IP, when all you can sometimes get is only ISP IP (so you disable all users) or one of thousands anonymizers
Posted: 13 May 2006, 23:24
by omega
spammers can still make account and spam the forum
Posted: 14 May 2006, 16:45
by Mem
Sure, but that requires some effort and time so they will most probably choose another forum for spamming.
Posted: 30 May 2006, 16:21
by cincura.net
What about adding some captcha for unregistered users? It works fine for me (forum.id3renamer.com).
Registered users aren't disturbed with code and unregistered have to fill the code, so spammers go rather to another site.
Maybe should altap think about this.
Posted: 30 May 2006, 16:39
by Jan Rysavy
There is already captcha on our forum, but it seems to be obsolete (broken by spammers). We are going to test some more secure implementation.
Posted: 30 May 2006, 20:04
by cincura.net
Jan Rysavy wrote:We are going to test some more secure implementation.
OK. Hope that's help.
Posted: 13 Jun 2006, 20:26
by JohnFredC
Please do something about the spam.
It will kill the forum (many of us will quit reading/contributing), unless something is done to improve the situation.
Sorry to be so harsh, but...
Posted: 13 Jun 2006, 22:00
by Jan Rysavy
Yes, we will try better captcha soon. If it will not stop spam, we will close posting for guests.
Posted: 15 Jun 2006, 01:09
by SelfMan
Yesterday I've used this php captcha class
http://www.ejeliot.com/pages/2
Implementation is very easy (for a PHP developer) and it works...
You have to use atleast 3 font types, more is better...
If you need help... just say so...
Posted: 15 Jun 2006, 07:26
by Jan Rysavy
Looks good! At least it is not listed between defeated captachas:
http://sam.zoy.org/pwntcha/
Posted: 15 Jun 2006, 21:01
by Mem
OT: Great link for studying, thx
